While not as transparent as racial or gender discrimination, age discrimination in engineering and other industries is a very real issue. Here are some guidelines to help navigate what is and isn’t age discrimination.
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In 2016, the Applied Power Electronics Conference, or APEC, will be held at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, CA, March 20-24, 2016. APEC presents a unique opportunity for power electronics profes­sionals from academi...

David Freeman, a Texas Instruments Fellow and CTO for TI’s high-voltage power business, passed away on June 27th. He has been credited with several patents in battery technology and power management.
The power electronics industry has lost one...

Taking first place in the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals, the Korean-built DRC-Hubo robot turns a steam valve, one of eight tasks the robot had to complete for judges. Image courtesy of DARPA.
“May the best robot win” has been a frequently ut...

Stanford Professor Mark Z. Jacobson and other researchers have calculated how to meet each stateâs new power demands using only the renewable energies of wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, and tiny amounts of tidal wave available...